Suit hanger



Nov. 23 1926. 1,608,173 I H. T. HETTINGER SUIT HANGER Filed Nov. 22. 1924 IN VEN TOR.

BY M1 A TTORNEYS.

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ratented Nov. 23, 1926.

HENRY T. HETTINGER, OF PITTSBURGH, PENllEiYLVANIA.

SUIT HANGER.

Application filed November 22, 1924. Serial No. 751,498.

The invention relates. to foldahle suit hangers, and the object thereof is to provide a combined coat and trouser hanger which may be economically manufactured, an d the several parts of which may be quickly folded into accompact space and readily unfolded when it is desired to use the hanger.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings of which Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the hanger when unfolded for use; Fig. 2 a bottom plan view to enlarged scale of the central portion or frame of the hanger; Fig. 3 a top plan view of the hanger when folded; and Fig. 4 a transverse central sectional view of the hanger taken on the plane indicated by the line 1VIV, Fig. 1.

The foldable suit hanger provided accord ing to this invention comprises a central horizontally disposed frame to the ends of which there are pivotally mounted a pair of coat-supporting arms adapted to be folded upon the frame when the hanger is not in use and to be held in a general horizontal position when the hanger is unfolded for use. The hanger also includes a pair of trousersupporting arms pivotally attached to the outer ends of the central frame and arranged to have their outer ends supported by the coat-supporting arms when unfolded.

Having reference to the illustrative enr bodiment of the invention, the horizontallydisposed frame preferably comprises a top 1 and sidesQ which may be pressed from a single sheet of metal, the side serving among other purposes, to give rigidity to the frame. To each end of the frame there is pivotally attached a coatsupporting arm 3 which is preferably formed of a loop of wire having its ends t extending -through openings 5 formed in the sides 3 of the frame. For holding the arms in their unfolded positions the sides 2 may he provided with outwardly and upwardly extending lugs 6 arranged between the openings 5 of the frame and the outer ends of the arms.

The trouser-supporting arms 7 preferably consist of strands of wire having rings 8 at their inner ends which detachably pass through openings 9 in the top 1 of the frame, which openings are preferably farther from the center of the frame than are the openings for the coat-supporting arms. The arangemeht here is such that the arms 7 may readily swing beneath the frame when the arms 3 are turned upwardly to fold the hangerv hen unfolded, arms 7 are supp ortedat their outeriends by the outer portrons of arms 8, and for this purpose each arm '7 may be provided with a hook 10. li hileany suitable form oftrouser-engag ing member may be attached to each arm "l", these arms are preferably provided with bent wlre hooks 11 for engaging the suspender buttons of trousers. These hooks may be arranged at variable distances from each other and from the center of the hanger by providing arms 7 with a series of loops 19.

For supporting the hanger, the central portion of the top 1 of the frame may be provided with an opening 13 having two pairs of oppositely disposed off-sets 14 for receiving the ends of a wire loop 1.5, the sides of which press yieldingly outwardly. By providing openings 13 with two pairs of olfsets, as particularly shown in Fig. 2, the hanger-supporting loop 15 may be so arranged that its general plane lies either transversely or longitudinally of the hanger frame.

lVhen the hanger is unfolded its several parts occupy the relative positions illustrated in Fig. 1. To fold the hanger it is only necessary to raise the coat-supporting arms a small amount to permit the outer ends of the trouser-supporting arms 7 to pass inside the outer ends of the coat-supporting arms. Thereafter the coat-supporting arms may be folded upon the 'top of the central frame and the trouser-supporting arms be low such frame in the manner illustrated in Fig. 3.

I claim as my invention l. A foldable suit hanger comprising a central horizontally risposed frame, a coatsupporting arn'rpivotally attached to each end of the frame for folding the arm upon and extending it outwardly from the frame. said frame lacing provided with detents to SLlpPOTb said arms in their unfolded positions, and a trouser-supporting arm pivotally attached to each end of the frame for folding it upon and extenoing it outwardly from the frame. said trouser-supporting arms when unfolded being supported at their outer ends by said coat-supporting arms.

2. A. foldz-ible suit hanger comprising a central horizontally disposed frame formed of sheet metal, a coat-supporting arm formed of a wire loop pivotally attached to each end of the frame for folding the arm upon the let int.

top of and extending it outwardly from the frame, said frame being provided with lugs to support said arms in their unfolded po-' loop of wire having its inner ends pivotally mounted in openings formed in said frame sides, the sides of said frame being provided With outwardly and upwardly extending lugs for supporting said arms in their unfolded positions, and a trouser-supporting arm formed of a strand of wire pivotally mounted in an opening in the top of said frame, the outer end of said trouser-supporting arm being provided with a hook for engaging the outer end of a coat-supporting arm when unfolded.

In testimony whereof. I sign my name. HENRY T. HETTIYGER. 

